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re: Hagel Said to Be Stepping Down as Defense Chief Under Pressure[W:56]

Originally Posted by j-mac

Not at all, I am just saying that it is already known that he was fired, even before this dog and pony show for the camera's...Why come out there and make it seem like Hagel was leaving of his own accord? It was a political move to fire him, and now those with two shreds of common sense saw yet another opportunity to lie for Obama, and he does it seamlessly....He is pathological.

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re: Hagel Said to Be Stepping Down as Defense Chief Under Pressure[W:56]

Originally Posted by cpwill

Well. This is not entirely unanticipated.

Sort of. Hagel was brought on board to be the whipping boy, to put a Republican in charge of drawing down so as to partly shield Democrats from charges of being Soft On Defense. Whether that means he isn't up to the task of crafting a counter-ISIL policy is an interesting claim, given that he has generally been out in front of the President on this.

So Hagel is being told to resign. I wonder how he's going to take that?

So.... in other words, they don't like Hagel because he pointed out how they didn't take ISIL seriously... so they are firing him in order to prove that they are going to take ISIL seriously......

Thus far every single SECDEF to have served under Obama has gone on to write a memoir smashing the administration for being generally unwilling and incapable to the task of effectively pursuing foreign policy in a complex and rapidly moving world. I wonder how long we'll have to wait for Hagel's book. Especially if this is done so that they can put the blame for failing to respond in time to the growth of ISIL, we might get a response that is quite interesting.

I wonder if this has anything to do with Benghazi.

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re: Hagel Said to Be Stepping Down as Defense Chief Under Pressure[W:56]

Originally Posted by apdst

How is General McArthur a good example?

Originally Posted by Unitedwestand13

IF Truman did not fire MacArthur for insubordination, who knows what would have happened in Korea.

MacArthur argued for using nukes on china for Pete's sake.

Ok, we know the history, now how is an example of a general with too much power?

Originally Posted by americanwoman

So there is absolutely no evidence this woman, whom you called a slut, did this but you are ready to take someone's word as evidence. Guess you don't think witch hunts have to end when it's going after the certain people.

re: Hagel Said to Be Stepping Down as Defense Chief Under Pressure[W:56]

Originally Posted by apdst

How is General McArthur a good example?

Originally Posted by Unitedwestand13

You know how military coups happen? One military official who thinks that the countries' civilian leaders are inferior and deserved to be removed.

I think it's time you admit your failed in your original post.

Originally Posted by americanwoman

So there is absolutely no evidence this woman, whom you called a slut, did this but you are ready to take someone's word as evidence. Guess you don't think witch hunts have to end when it's going after the certain people.